The Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched an operation to re-arrest three men after a court in Maharashtra`s Nashik rejected their bail in a case involving an assault on a 72-year-old man suspected of possessing beef. Akash Awhad (30), Nitesh Ahire (30), and Jayesh Mohite (21) were first detained on August 28 for attacking Ashraf Ali Sayyed Hussain on the Dhule-Mumbai CSMT Express.

The incident of assault on senior citizen over beef suspicion, which was recorded on camera and widely circulated on social media, resulted in their arrest on August 31. However, the court granted the trio bail the next day. After they were released, the GRP was unable to keep them in prison.